'Bin Laden' Message Condemns Israeli Anniversary
Internet audio message purportedly from Osama bin Laden vows to continue the fight against the country and its allies
An internet audio message purportedly from Osama bin Laden was released today marking the 60th anniversary of the creation of Israel with a vow to continue the fight against the country and its allies.
The speaker said the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was at the heart of an Islamic battle with the west and an inspiration to the 19 bombers who carried out the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
"We will continue, God permitting, the fight against the Israelis and their allies ... and will not give up a single inch of Palestine as long as there is one true Muslim on earth," he said.
The purported Bin Laden said Israel's anniversary celebrations were a reminder that the Jewish state did not exist 60 years ago and was established on land violently seized from the Palestinians.
He railed against the western media, which he said had painted Israelis as victims and the Palestinians who had been displaced from their land as terrorists.
The speaker mocked peace efforts he said had been going on for 60 years but had failed to establish a Palestinian state, and said the deployment of an international force in southern Lebanon proved the west backed and protected Israel.
The speech was addressed to "western peoples" and entitled The Causes of Conflict on the 60th Anniversary of the State of Israeli Occupation.
The authenticity of the tape could not immediately be verified.
The speaker said the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was at the heart of an Islamic battle with the west and an inspiration to the 19 bombers who carried out the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
"We will continue, God permitting, the fight against the Israelis and their allies ... and will not give up a single inch of Palestine as long as there is one true Muslim on earth," he said.
The purported Bin Laden said Israel's anniversary celebrations were a reminder that the Jewish state did not exist 60 years ago and was established on land violently seized from the Palestinians.
He railed against the western media, which he said had painted Israelis as victims and the Palestinians who had been displaced from their land as terrorists.
The speaker mocked peace efforts he said had been going on for 60 years but had failed to establish a Palestinian state, and said the deployment of an international force in southern Lebanon proved the west backed and protected Israel.
The speech was addressed to "western peoples" and entitled The Causes of Conflict on the 60th Anniversary of the State of Israeli Occupation.
The authenticity of the tape could not immediately be verified.
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